3.1. Choosing a Subject

It is likely that if you are reading the Author Guide, you already have a
subject in mind. The idea may have come from your own frustrations in
trying to get something to work; or maybe you are already writing or
have written documentation for other purposes and you want to submit
it to the LDP.
For example, if you posted a question to a mailing list
and it took many posts to resolve the problem -- that might be an incentive to write documentation.

Regardless of how you picked your subject, it is important that the LDP
community understand why your documentation should be included in its
collection. If someone has requested documentation, or you worked
with a mailing list to resolve a problem you should include the details in
your proposal to the LDP discuss mailing list. It may help others to
understand the need for your specific document.